Re: [gnuada, question] installations directory

[Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net>]

Larry Kilgallen wrote:

> In article <32492718.GlmySslk4r@linux1.krischik.com>, Martin Krischik
> <krischik@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
>> Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> 
>>> Or, isn't there an rpm option to install in separate
>>> installation roots?
>> 
>> Yes there is. The problem is the search path for DLLs. The path of an DLL
>> is hard-coded into the executable. There is also an additional search
>> which can be set in /etc/ld.so.conf.d when the DLL is not found at the
>> "usual" place.
> 
> The VMS equivalent tools have a command procedure to "choose which
> version of <product-name> you want" and that command procedure defines
> logical names where shareable images (similar to DLLs I think) can
> be found.  The name inside the image points to the shareable image
> via the logical name.
> 
>> But that is all manual extra installation and can be quite tricky -
>> nothing I would want dump on an unwary beginner of Ada.
> 
> How about having the default method point to the "standard place"?
> Those unwary beginners do not care about multiple versions.

I have had a look around. With rpm you can create "relocatable packages"
which are then installed with

rpm --install --prefix=/wherever/you/want/it

Of corse there is a default for --prefix for the unwary beginners.  I think
we should have the packages "relocatable" - actually they are allready -
just I never tested it.

Martin
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